Bill Text: IL HB3652 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Fuel Gas Detector and Alarm Act. Requires the installation of a fuel gas detector and alarm in certain buildings. Sets forth fuel gas detector and alarm standards abd requirements for residential rental units. Details fuel gas detector and alarm requirements in the event of a sale or exchange of a building. Provides for a civil penalty, set by local ordinance. Limits liability. Requires noninterference with fuel gas detectors and alarms. Effective January 1, 2026.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3652 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3652-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3652 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Fuel Gas Detector and Alarm Act. Requires the installation of a fuel gas detector and alarm in certain buildings. Sets forth fuel gas detector and alarm standards abd requirements for residential rental units. Details fuel gas detector and alarm requirements in the event of a sale or exchange of a building. Provides for a civil penalty, set by local ordinance. Limits liability. Requires noninterference with fuel gas detectors and alarms. Effective January 1, 2026.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fuel
Gas Detector and Alarm Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Dwelling unit" means a room or suite of rooms used for
human habitation and includes a single family residence as
well as each living unit of a multiple family residence and
each living unit in a mixed-use building.
"Fuel gas detector and alarm" means a device that:
(1) has an assembly that incorporates a sensor control
component that detects elevated levels of propane, natural
gas, or liquefied petroleum gas;
(2) sounds a warning alarm when elevated levels of
propane, natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas are
detected;
(3) is tested by a nationally recognized independent
testing laboratory and listed and labeled with ETL or UL
indicating the fuel gas detector and alarm conforms to
either UL Standard 1484 or UL Standard 2075; and
(4) is battery-operated, plugged into an electrical
outlet, or hardwired.

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Section 10. Fuel gas detector and alarm required. The
owner of any of the following buildings shall install, or
cause to be installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's
requirements and NFPA 715, Standard for the Installation of
Fuel Gases Detection and Warning Equipment, at least one fuel
gas detector and alarm in the rooms in the building in which
there is located an appliance fueled by propane, natural gas,
or liquefied petroleum gas:
(1) a structure in which one or more dwelling units
are located;
(2) a fraternity house, sorority house, or dormitory
that is affiliated with an educational facility or entity;
(3) a children's home, emergency children's shelter,
children's residential care facility, shelter for homeless
children, or specialized children's home; and
(4) a hotel as defined in Section 2 of the Hotel
Operators' Occupation Tax Act.
Section 15. Residential rental units. The following
requirements apply to a residential rental unit occupied under
the terms of a rental agreement or under a month-to-month
tenancy:
(1) At the beginning of each occupancy, the owner of
the building shall provide fuel gas detectors and alarms
in accordance with Section 10 if fuel gas detectors and

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alarms are not already present. Each fuel gas detector and
alarm must be in working condition. After notification, in
writing, by the tenant of any deficiencies in a fuel gas
detector and alarm, the owner of the building shall repair
or replace the fuel gas detector and alarm. If the owner
does not know and has not been notified of the need to
repair or replace a fuel gas detector and alarm, the
owner's failure to repair or replace the fuel gas detector
and alarm may not be considered evidence of negligence in
a subsequent civil action arising from death, property
loss, or personal injury.
(2) The tenant shall keep each fuel gas detector and
alarm within the tenant's unit in working condition by
keeping the fuel gas detector and alarm connected to the
electrical service in the building or keeping charged
batteries in a battery-operated fuel gas detector and
alarm, testing the fuel gas fuel gas detector and alarm
periodically, and refraining from disabling the fuel gas
detector and alarm.
Section 20. Transfer of building.
(a) A person who, after January 1, 2025, acquires by sale
or exchange a building listed in paragraph (1) of Section 10
shall install fuel gas detectors and alarms in accordance with
Section 10 in the acquired building within 30 days after the
acquisition or occupancy of the building, whichever is later,

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if fuel gas detectors and alarms that satisfy the requirements
of Section 10 are not already present, and shall certify at the
closing of the transaction that fuel gas detectors and alarms
will be installed. The certification must be signed and dated
by the person acquiring the building. A fuel gas detector and
alarm must be installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's
installation and NFPA 715, Standard for the Installation of
Fuel Gases Detection and Warning Equipment requirements, in
buildings containing an appliance fueled by propane, natural
gas, or liquefied petroleum gas.
(b) A person does not have a claim for relief against a
property owner, a property purchaser, an authorized agent of a
property owner or purchaser, a person in possession of real
property, a closing agent, or a lender for any damages
resulting from the operation, maintenance, or effectiveness of
a fuel gas detector and alarm installed in accordance with
this Act.
(c) Violation of this Section does not create a defect in
title.
Section 25. Penalties.
(a) A person who violates this Act is liable for a civil
penalty, set by local ordinance. A court may waive any civil
penalty or cost against a violator upon satisfactory proof
that the violation was corrected within 30 days after notice
of the violation was first provided.

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(b) In addition to any penalties under subsection (a), the
duties and restrictions created under this Act may be enforced
by the Attorney General, a State's Attorney, or a municipal
attorney, by filing a petition for equitable relief in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 30. Liability. Nothing in this Act gives rise to
any action against a building owner required to comply with
Sections 10 and 15 if the owner has conducted an inspection of
the required fuel gas detectors and alarms immediately after
their installation and has reinspected the fuel gas detectors
and alarms prior to occupancy by each new tenant, unless the
owner has been given at least 24 hours' actual notice of a
defect or failure of a fuel gas detector and alarm's proper
operation and has failed to take action to correct the defect
or failure.
Section 35. Noninterference. A person may not knowingly
interfere with or make inoperative any fuel gas detector and
alarm required by this Act, except that the owner or the agent
of an owner of a building may temporarily disconnect a fuel gas
detector and alarm in a dwelling unit or common area only for
construction or rehabilitation activities when such activities
are likely to activate the fuel gas detector and alarm or make
it inactive. The fuel gas detector and alarm must be
immediately reconnected at the cessation of construction or

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rehabilitation activities each day, regardless of the intent
to return to construction or rehabilitation activities on any
succeeding day.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2026.